The Blockheads’ latest release, Same Horse, Different Jockey is an album which has taken the band in new directions, both musically and re-establishes the band at the top of their musical tree. You May Also Like: Ian Dury – ‘Hit Me: The Best of Ian Dury’ (2020) Liam Gallagher –Read More
A patently weird, completely loveable group of retro-cool Austin hipsters, Jitterbug Vipers sounds like Norah Jones sitting in with Django Reinhardt. You May Also Like: Ken Sharp, “Girl / Forget That Girl” (2020): One Track Mind Parlor Greens – ‘In Green / We Dream’ (2024)
New York-based singer-songwriter Jonus Preston combines the stark fragility of Jeff Buckley with the anthemic qualities of Coldplay on a song that utterly captures the disorienting rush of falling in love. You May Also Like: Oliver Ignatius, “Citys a Hell” (2018): One Track Mind Vince Tomas, “Anything and Everything” (2018):Read More
Tiger Hatchery is a rowdy bunch of thrash jazzers from Chicago. You May Also Like: Tiger Hatchery – ‘Breathing In the Walls’ (2018) Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy – ‘The Coalescence’ (2020)
Hailing from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, soulful jazz singer Gabriela Pepino offers a heady mixture of Etta James and Amy Winehouse on Let Me Do It, sounding at once retro and somehow completely in the moment. You May Also Like: Eliane Elias Confidently Expanded Her Main Influences on ‘Bossa Nova Stories’
For all the indications of Pearl Jam’s gloomy nature, that’s never been the opinion of yours truly. You May Also Like: Pearl Jam, “Soon Forget” from ‘Binaural’ (2000): One Track Mind Pearl Harbor and the Explosions – ‘Pearl Harbor and the Explosions’ (1979; 2019 reissue) Rob Mazurek & Exploding StarRead More
The last time New Orleanian saxophonist Clarence Johnson III made a record, it was still the 1900s. You May Also Like: Julee Johnson, “So on Top of the World” (2020): One Track Mind
Reviewing an album of lullabies may seem unusual for us at Something Else! Reviews. However, music fans who are also parents can agree on two things You May Also Like: How the Overlooked ‘Menlove Ave’ Put John Lennon In His Best Light
Well, Lou Reed has passed away and now it is time to praise what has been scientifically determined to be the worst rock album of all time You May Also Like: Lou Reed Head Faked His Fans Once Again With ‘Animal Serenade’
A guy with the amount of respect and credentials as a composer, bandleader, arranger and drummer as Gerry Gibbs can more the hold his own in the presence of anybody. You May Also Like: Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Weather Or Not (2017) Daniel Carter, William Parker, Matthew ShippRead More
